Welcome to WWW Wednesday! This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived here on Taking on a World of Words. Just answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. So, let’s get to it!

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next?

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Currently reading: I was able to make some good progress on A Widow for One Year by John Irving. I had a lot of meetings to drive to last week so I got through three disks! I’m still just over halfway through this book but I’m feeling good about finishing it before the library makes me bring it in to prove I didn’t lose it.
I made steady progress in Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte by J.K. Rowling. I’ve been training hard and some nights I go to bed without reading so I know I could have read more, but I’m still happy with what I’ve gotten through.
Sad news that the audiobook I have access to for The Poe Shadow was abridged! I decided to pass it up in favor of the full novel sometime in the future. Instead, I started listening to My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. A very good friend of mine said a literature professor she had during her MFA said this was her favorite novel of all time and I’ve had it on my shelf for years. I’m glad I’m finally getting to it.
I needed a new ebook and the next on my list is one I’m very excited about: The Circle by Dave Eggers! I really wanted to read this one a while ago and never got around to it. I’ve just started but I’m very excited.

Recently finished: No surprise that I finished The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. It was a quick audiobook though I wish I’d had a different narrator for my experience. I posted my review yesterday if you want to read all my thoughts. I gave it 4 out of 5 Stars.
I also finished The Color Purple by Alice Walker which was a pleasant surprise. I was also glad to have a happy(er) ending. I should have my review of that up tomorrow and a movie review up next week. I love when there’s a movie!

Reading Next: I’ll be out-of-town for my next book club meeting so I don’t have any pressure there to put aside Harry for another book. If I had to guess, I’d say I’ll need a CD Audiobook next and I’ll turn to Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire. I read Wicked when I was in high school and I’ll have to find a refresher on what happened so I can continue with the next book in the series!

Leave a comment with your link and a comment (if you’re so inclined). Take a look at the other participant links in the comments and look at what others are reading.

Wow. That is a lot of reading / listening while training! I am so impressed. I read Wicked and a few other Maguire books all in a row and then forgot about him! I am interested to hear what you think of Son of a Witch. And, The Color Purple, so good right?!? Here is my WWW post https://wordpress.com/post/silverbuttonbooks.com/4602

Aw, I loved The Color Purple! I’m going to try to watch the movie tonight. I realized I didn’t push myself harder when training if I listened to books rather than music so I made the switch and I’ll never look back, haha. Happy reading!

I’ve seen a lot of mentions of Elena Ferrante’s books but never read one. I’ll be interested to read your review. Hers is a pseudonym isn’t it and I recall some journalist a while back claiming they’d unearthed her real identity? Perhaps it will turn out to be J K Rowling again, lol.

This will be my second one of her novels so I know what I’m getting into. It is a pseudonym but I hadn’t heard her identity had been discovered. If Rowling found a way to write in Italian, I’d be very impressed, haha. Happy reading!

I hope by pleasant surprise you mean you enjoyed where The Color Purple went. I know I was very happy to get to the ending and see at least a few things go right.
Congrats on getting through The Elements of Style as an audio book – I am so glad I read a physical copy and can’t imagine how much trouble you had listening to some of the sections.
Here’s my WWW post: https://siderealday.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/www-wednesday-1-31/
Thanks for hosting and happy reading!

Yes, I enjoyed where it went a lot. I kept thinking the ending would be crushingly sad but it turned out well for Celie, or as well as it could.
There were some parts of Elements I almost gave up and grabbed my copy, haha. It was a bit much. Happy Wednesday!

You’ve gotten through so much this week! Good work on managing to get through The Color Purple. I loved the book but never gotten around to the movie. I also love when there is a movie adaptation. So interesting to see how they bring the book to life (or don’t in some cases!

Hope everyone else has had an awesome reading week! Have a read of my WWW Wednesday post;